Sweet Kisses - Composition

Composition

Sweet Kisses features a variety of renowned artists including Sam Watters (left), and Robbie Nevil (right).

The album deals mainly with themes of love, romance, and life from a teenage perspective. "I Wanna Love You Forever" was written, composed, and produced by Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters. The track is a darkly bittersweet love ballad, showing off the powerful vocals of Simpson. Even though Biancaniello and Watters are credited jointly for writing and composing the song, at present, it is not known exactly which of the two wrote its lyrics and which composed its music. According to the sheet music book published by Hal Leonard Corporation in Musicnotes.com, "I Wanna Love You Forever" is a common time signature song, with a beat rate of 132 beats per minute. It is set in the key of B minor with Simpson's voice ranging from the tonal nodes of B₃ to F5#. The song follows a basic sequence of I–II–IV–II–VV progression. "I Think I'm in Love with You" was written and produced by Cory Rooney and Dan Shea in 1998. The track was recorded at Lobo Recording Studios, Deer Park, Long Island and Hit Factory, NY and mixed by Mick Guzauski. The background vocals were provided by Jennifer Karr and Chevis Harrell. The track is a dance pop song with a teen pop style for the era. The song was considered by many critics to be a very catchy, nice and summery song. "Where You Are" was written by Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters (the two also produced the track) with writing assistance from Adamantia Stamatopoulou and Simpson's then-boyfriend (now ex-husband) Nick Lachey. Due to the sentimental lyrics of the single, it was also included on the soundtrack of the 2000 teen film Here on Earth. "Final Heartbreak" musically is an uptempo dance-pop track, which uses heavy auto-tune on certain parts to change Simpson's vocal performance. Lyrically, the song deals with Simpson getting over heartbreak and breaking it off with a boyfriend who was no good for her. 'Woman In Me' is an R&B influenced track, which is most notable for featuring all-girl group Destiny's Child on guest vocals. Lyrically, the song deals with Simpson becoming the "woman that she wants to be", and growing to love herself for exactly who she is.

"I've Got My Eyes On You" is an uptempo dance-pop track that sees Simpson singing at a moderately low tone through the song. Lyrically, the song speaks of Simpson being interested in a boy. The song is more risque than the rest of the album, and is seen as a track similar to that of Britney Spears. "Betcha She Don't Love You" is an uptempo pop-rock track, which also features influences of Hip-Hop and R&B. The songs lyrics see Simpson trying to convince a boy that she could love him more than his current girlfriend, as Simpson feels that nobody could love him the way she does. 'My Wonderful' is a love ballad, which is moderately paced through the verses, while slow at the chorus. The song speaks of Simpson talking about how much she loves her boyfriend, and how he must have been "sent from above just for ." "Sweet Kisses", the album's title track, is a love ballad similar to the previous single. The song features an acoustic guitar playing over a soft R&B inspired beat. The song lyrically deals with how Simpson loves her boyfriend's "sweet kisses", and how he does not even need to say he loves her, because his kisses "move her." "Your Faith In Me" is another pop ballad, which plays with many instruments such as a violin and piano. Lyrically, the song sees Simpson stating she doesn't need love, but she just needs her lovers "faith in her". "Heart of Innocence" is the album's closing track, and is a ballad that portrays Simpson's virginity as a gift she is waiting, patiently, to give "the one" (e.g. her soulmate) whenever she is destined to meet him.